The “ 1st International Congress on Buddhist Women’s Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages “ was held at the University of Hamburg from July 18-20, 2007, in cooperation with the University’s Asia-Africa Institute.
His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama expressed “full support” for the establishment of full ordination for women in the Tibetan tradition during a history-making conference at the University of Hamburg in Germany last week. His Holiness further indicated concrete measures that can be taken towards accomplishing that aim.